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CONTENTS. 

Page 

SCJGGKSTIOJ^^S FOR A FLORAL EYEKIN^G." 5 

GuESsiiiTG Games 7 

'A Floral Love Story."— Guessing- Game ]No 1 7 

'A Floral Wedding. "—Guessing Game No. 2. 10 

'Floral Conundrums." — Guessing Game No. 3 11 

'Hidden Flowers."— Guessing Game No. 6 12 

'xl Colonial E yening. " . .V 13 

'A Valentine Party. " . . .X — . ■ 14 

'St. Patrick's Day." . .^ ; 16 

'An xIll Fool's Day Party. " ■^. 18 

'For Military Cinch or Whist. ". .5 19 

'The Alphabet Sociable." 'i 20 

'Suburbs OF Chicago."— Guessing Game No. 5 21 

'Flowers of all Nations."— Guessing Game No. 4 23 

'Generals of the Civil War, "—Guessing Game No.7 24 

'The Carpenter's Tool Chest." — Guessing Game 

No. 8 25 

'For the Fourth of July. " \ 26 

'Cats You Have Met."— Guessing Game No. 13 27 

'For Halloween. " ": 28 

'Cities. ' ' — Guessing Game No. 10 30 

'SCRA3IBLED Eggs." — Guessing Game No. 11 31 

'A Cake Walk."— Guessing Game No. 12 31 

'Birds. "—Guessing Game No. 14 /. 32 

'Magazines."— Guessing Game No. 9 33 

'The Poverty Social. " 34 

'A Juvenile Party. " 36 

'Clothes. ' ' — Guessing Game No. 15 37 

'Wives."— Guessing Game No. 16 38 

'Nicknames of the States. " — Guessing Game No. 17 39 

'A Library Party. " 40 

'The Tin Wedding." 40 

'The Wooden Wedding. " 41 

'The Golden Wedding. " 42 

'A KoMANCE OF THE BOOKSHELVES." — GuessingGame 

No. 18 43 

'Actors. "—Guessing Game No. 19 44 

'Poets and Authors." — Guessing Game No. 20 45 

'A Letter from Shakespeare. "—Guessing Game 

No. 21 46 

' Wedding OF the Operas."— Guessing Game No. 22 47 

'A Romance in Songs."— Guessing Game No. 23 48 



l5/)e Foreword 

'pHIS book is designed to be a friendly ad- 
* viser to the busy person who desires to 
entertain a few friends, and who must add 
the duties of serving maid to those of a host- 
ess. It is composed of a series of suggestions 
which may be enlarged upon or curtailed, as 
the circumstances may demand. Very often, 
when in search of a new idea, we find that 
they, like troubles, often bring with them a 
troop of friends. So if you get the right 
idea, you may vary it at pleasure, and with 
a small outlay of work and money, arrange 
an evening "without a dull minute." This 
collection has never before been published, 
the games and contests are strictly modern 
and up-to-date, and among them is undoubt- 
edly the one you are looking for. 



ElMTEETAINIlS^G MADE EASY 



Siiggestions for sl FIofslI Evening 

x\s a general rule, I always think that 
the easiest way to entertain from twelve to 
twenty-four persons is to play cards for the 
early part of the evening, then pass the slips 
for a guessing contest, which gives the host- 
ess a chance to look after the refreshments, 
wliich should be prepared before as much as 
possible. Sometimes, however, it is desirable 
not to play cards, and then there is no better 
way than to have a central idea, and have 
everything correspond with it. After decid- 
ing to have a floral evening, issue your invi- 
tations upon dainty notepaper with a spray 
of roses in the corner. Take down your 
heavy portieres, and make ropes of paper 
roses by twisting strips of dark green tissue 
paper, and adding a pink or yellow rose 
every few inches. The best way to make 
the roses in the quantities you will need, is 
to take a strip of tissue paper six inches long 
and two inches wide, and cut slits every inch 
and a half. Then curl the edges over a hat 
pin, and wind around with the curled edges 
outward, and attach to stem. This makes a 



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very fair imitation of a tea rosebud, and 
after a little practice, they can be made very 
rapidly. Use these rose ropes profusely in 
decorating, and with a few of the real article 
placed here and there in tall vases, your 
rooms will look like fairyland. 

A good way to serve refreshments is to 
seat your guests around the^wall of the din- 
ing room, with the table in the center. Have 
the table decorated with roses, and rose 
shaded candles. You will find a rope of 
roses looped around the edge to be effective. 
If you have ices, let them be in the form of 
a flower, and serve with it angel cake flav- 
ored v/ith rose. If you want to serve frappe 
from the dining table, and have no punch 
bowl, do not despair but take a common 
deep mixing bowl from the kitchen, cut a 
strip of cardboard the right height, and long 
enough to go around it, put on a full frill of 
pink crepe paper, with a few of your invalu- 
able paper rosebuds, and your punch bowl 
is complete. From it you can serve frappe, 
lemonade, or fruit salad. 

These suggestions could be elaborated 
upon to an infinite degree, but enough has 
been given to insure the success of the even- 
ing, if used in connection with any or all of 
the floral contests which follow. 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 



Guessing Games. 

The most popular diversion of the day 
is some form of a guessing contest. They 
are suitable for all occasions, and never fail 
to arouse a deep interest. To use these 
games, write out as many slips as there are 
to be guests, leaving a space blank to be 
filled in by the answers. Distribute these 
slips, with a well sharpened pencil, announc- 
ing a time limit, in which the blanks are to 
be filled in. At the end of this time, collect 
the slips, and award a small prize to the one 
nearest correct. Or printed slips, ready 
for use, can be obtained of the publisher of 
this book for a trifling sum. 



A Floral Love Story. 

Guessing Game No. 1 
The names of the flowers to be filled in by the contestants 

Fair Violet a maiden was, sweet William was her 

lover. 
Their path was twined with bittersweet, it did 

not run through clover. 
The maiden's tresses raven were, her cheeks a 

lovely rose, 



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She wore fine ladyslippers, to warm her small 

pink toes. 
Her pDppy was an elder, who had a mint of gold, 
An awful old snapdragon, to make one's blood 

run cold! 
His temper was like sour grass, his daughter's 

heart he wrung, 
With words both fierce and bitter, he had an 

adder's tongue. 
The lover's hair was like the flax of ijure Grer- 

man type. 
He wore Dutchman's breeches, he smoked a Dutch- 
man's pipe. 
He sent her buttercups by the pound, and 

choicest wintergreens. 
She painted him forget-me-nots, the bluest ever 

seen, 
He couldn't serenade her within the nightshade 

dark. 
For every thyme he tried it, her father's dogwood 

bark! 
And so he set a certain day to meet at four 

o'clock. 
Her face was pale as snowdrops, e'en whiter 

than her frock. 
The lover vowed he'd pine and die if she 

should say him no, 
And then he up and kissed her beneath the 

mistletoe. 



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, 'My love will iiveforever, my sweet, will you 

be true? 
Give me a little heartsease, say only, "I love 

yew!" 
She faltered that for him alone she'd orange 

blossoms wear, 
Then swayed like supple willow, and tore her 

maiden hair, 
For madder than a hornet before them stood 

her pop, 
Who vowed he'd cane the fellow until he 

made him hop! 
Oh! quickly up rose Mary, she cried, you'll rue 

the day, 
Most cruel father! Haste, my dear, and 

lettuce flee away! 
But that inhuman father so plied his birch rod 

there. 
He settled all flirtation between that hapless 

pear. 
The youth a monastery sought, and donned 

a black monkshood, 
The maid ate poison ivy, and died within a 

wood. 



10 ENTERTAIl^^ING MADE EASY 

A Flora.1 Wedding. 

Guessing Qame No. 2 

1 At what hour Avas the service held? 

Four O'clock 

2 What furnished its illumination by day? 

Sunflowers 

3 What furnished its illumination by night? 

stars of Bethiehem and Moon Flowers 

4 Who rang the bells? 

May Bells, Blue Bells and Hare Bells 

5 What was the interior decorated with? 

Flags 

6 Who were the bride and groom? 

Narcissus and Lily of the Valley 

7 Who performed the ceremony? 

Jack in the Pulpit 

8 What did his assistant wear? 

Monkshood 

9 What elder read prayers? 

Elder Berry 

10 Who was best man? 

Johnny Jump Up 

11 What eight ladies were bridesmaids? 

Black Eyed Susan, Bouncing Betp Marigold, Primrose, 
Rosemary, Daisy, Sweet Marjoram and Rose of Sharon 

12 What was worn on their hands? 

Fox Gloves 

13 What two men were ushers? 

Sweet William and Jack Rose 

14 What two tramps occupied places? 

Wandering Jew and Ragged Robin 

15 What word composed the benediction? 

speedwell 

16 What fee did the minister receive? 

Pennyroyal 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 11 

Flora.1 Coiwindrums. 

Guessing Qame No. 3 

What herb is most injurious to beauty? 

Thyme 

Why is green grass like a mouse? 

Because the cattle eat it 

Wlien is a note of hand like a rosebud? 

When it is matured by falling due 

What did Jack Frost say when he kissed the 

lose? Wilt thou? And it wilted 

Why is a widow like a gardener? 

Because she tries to get rid of her weeds 

When is a man an herb? 

When long experience has made him sage 

Why is asparagus like a dry sermon? 

The most enjoyable part is the end 

Why is a young lady like a sheaf of wheat? 

She is first cradled, then thrashed, and finally becomes 
the flour of the family 

What is the sun's trade in the month of May? 

Mason 

Why is a woman's age like a floral bell? 

It is never told 

Why is the letter A like a honeysuckle? 

Because a B follows it 

Why is an Easter lily a i:>oor marksman? 

It shoots before it has pistils 



12 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

Hiddeiv Flowers. 

Guessing Game No. 6 

1 OmtgfetAcifre — Forget-me-not 

2 Ilonucmbe — Columbine 

3 Logrognrynmi — Morning filory 

4 Atihiicares— China Aster 

5 Sythrcuaemhmn — CJirysanthemum 

6 Ifdlafod— Daffodil 

7 Putcbtreu — Buttercup 

8 Naebvre — Verbena 

9 Gtenmetoin — Mignonette 

10 Tohpileroe — Heliotrope 

11 Lkloyhohc — Hollyhock 

12 Npnartacikoni — Carnation Pink 

13 Fswnrloeu — Sunflower / 

14 Mgaiuren — Geranium 

15 Tcslimea — Clematis 

16 Tmuanruist — Nasturtium 

17 Yceuskheoln — Honeysuckle 

18 Legodrndo — Golden Rod 

19 Tyhanhci — Hyacinth 

20 Flytlylovlielahe— Lily of the Valley 



EKTEETAINING MADE EASY 13 

A Colonial Evening. 

Ask your guests to wear the full skirt 
and fichu ot' Martha Washington, and send 
out your invitations in the candy box hatch- 
ets with the removable handles, writing the 
address on the blade. Use the colonial col- 
ors in decorating — buff and blue — and, of 
course, cherries. Have for your centerpiece 
a miniature tree with artificial cherries. 
Provide each guest with a crayon and draw- 
ing paper, and let them draw the head of 
George Washington, with a suitable prize for 
the best one. Write a short history of the 
Revolution, with important events left blank, 
and Jet the guests fill these in. For the 
guessing game use "The Nicknames of the 
States," and give a small bronze head of 
Washington as the prize. Upon a sheet 
draw a representation of a cherry tree, and 
provide each guest with an artificial cherry 
and a pin. Blindfold them in turn and let 
them pin the cherry on the tree. Let your 
refreshments be as old-fashioned as possible. 
Provide each guest with a short story 
or anecdote of colonial times, and after the 
refreshments are served let them read these. 
If any have any heirlooms of "ye olden 
times, " ask them to bring them and to tell 
their history. 



14 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

A Valentine Party. 

It has been so many years since the 
merry old sain^ left us this sentimental holi- 
day, that it is difficult to find anything abso- 
lutely new. However, the old things can be 
made over to look like new, which will 
answer quite as well. Of course, hearts are 
the decorating keynote, and "Hearts" must 
be the card game you play. Let your color 
scheme be pink and white, instead of the 
regulation red. Let the music, if you have 
any, be "The Bride Elect March," "O Prom- 
ise, Me," and the "Wedding Marches." 
Have the chandeliers draped with strings of 
hearts. Have the guests choose partners for 
cards by taking a pink card, cut it heart 
sh'aped, and then cut it in two in a zigzag 
manner. Put those for the gentlemen in 
tiny pink envelopes, and those for the ladies 
in white, and those who hold the pieces that 
match are partners. Have the score cards 
heart shaped, and cut tiny hearts out of 
gummed paper for marking the games. For 
the guessing game choose "Wives" and one 
or more of the floral ones. Have the dining 
room table outlined with pink hearts around 
the edge, and in the center have a round, 
rather high vase containing as many pink 



ENTEKTAINIIJ^G MADE EASY 15 

and white carnations as there are guests, and 
from each one have a ribbon of the contrast- 
ing color lead down to a white tissue paper 
parcel daintily tied with pink ribbon. These 
parcels will each contain a home-made Val- 
entine in rhyme, made with special reference 
to the one it is intended for, and may be 
elaborate or merely a card, as your fancy 
dictates. For choosing partners for refresh- 
ments take a pink heart, about a foot across, 
and tack on it white hearts with a lady's 
name on the back. Provide the gentlemen 
with a blow gun with a dart in it and tell 
them to go back to first principles and ' 'go 
gunning" for a partner. Of course, your 
refreshments will be pink and white, as 
much as possible, and you might serve pink 
lemonade during the evening. 



"Mamma," said 5-year-old Elmer, who was tired of 
staying in the house, "come out in the back yard and play 
a game of football with me." 

"I can't play, dear," replied the mother. 

"Huh!" exclaimed the little fellow, scornfully. 
"That's what comes of having a woman for a mother." 



Giles— "I understand they are going to vaccinate all 
the policemen. " 

Miles— "What's that for?" 

Giles— "The mayor is afraid they might accidentally 
catch something. " 



16 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

Si. PsLtrick's DsLy. 

When you send your invitations, on 
green paper, state that you expect every one 
to be provided with at least one good Irish 
story. Your decorations cannot be too green, 
and an occasional paper snake will help. 
Play cinch, and have the score cards deco- 
rated with a shamrock, and use shamrocks 
to score the games, the one bringing in the 
largest bunch winning the prize, which might 
be a "lucky clover" paperweight. Have a 
few guessing games, "Cities" and "Clothes" 
would be good. Or you might vary the 
latter by having a sample of each kind of 
cloth, and providing each guest with a needle 
full of green baby ribbon to string them on, 
the first one to bring you a correct string to 
win the prize. Sing "The Wearing of the 
Green" "Kathleen Mavourneen, " and other 
Irish songs. To choose partners for supper, 
make as many leaves of lettuce out of green 
crepe paper as there are ladies, and conceal 
in each leaf a slip of paper bearing a lady's 
name, and pass the leaves to the gentlemen, 
who will then look up their partner. For 
refreshments serve potato salad on a lettuce 
leaf, sandwiches wrapped in white tissue 
paper, and tied with green baby ribbon, 



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doughnuts and coffee, and if you can get it, 
pistachio ice cream. For your table decora- 
tion have a pool of water, (a mirror) sur- 
rounded by water lillies and their leaves (of 
paper), and have a lily and a leaf at each 
plate. Around the pond group paper mache 
reptiles, turtles, frogs, etc. , which may be 
given out later as souvenirs. After supper 
let your Irish stories be the feature. After 
every one has given the one asked for, ask 
for more. The best stories in the world are 
Irish ones, and every one knows at least 
three, and after they get well started, prob- 
ably more. 



A correspondent at Birr, Ireland, describes a lady 
being killed while hunting, and adds: "The deceased met 
with a similar accident on a previous occasion." Another 
"had been in the Transvaal between six and seven times," 
and still another correspondent declares, with a spirit 
which only does him credit, that he has "never put his 
name to an anonymous letter." "This evening's perform- 
ance cannot take place; it will be repeated to-morrow 
night," is a provincial announcement. 



An Irishman was lately employed by one of our large 
railway companies as a porter. Shortly after he began his 
duties a woman went up to him and said: 

"I have just lost the train; how long shall I have to 
wait for the next?" 

"Be jabbers! you had better go and find the one you 
lost, else the company will be^fter yez," returned Pat. 



18 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 

An All Fool's Day Party. 

If you can, draw the head of a jester, 
with cap and bells, on your invitations, and 
let the wording be something like this: 
"Will you come on April 1, and be foolish 
with me — also others?" Your card game 
would be "Blind Euchre," in which every 
one holds their hands wrong side out; other- 
wise it is played the same as the regular 
game. Provide each guest with a tiny bag, 
and give them beans for each point won. 
On the tables have plates of bon bons, with 
a few "fool" candies among them (stuffed 
with cotton, flavored with soap, etc). After 

about five games of cards, give each guest as 
many beans as they have in the bag, and 
bring in a basket full of packages, each one 
securely tied and all filled with the most 
ridiculous things you can think of, some tiny 
thing in a large parcel. Have your most 
original guest auction these off, payment to 
made with the beans won at cards. For the 
guessing games have "Actors" and "Cats." 
Pass around menu cards with numbers on up 
to 10, and let each one choose two things. In 
the kitchen these might stand for these: 

1 Glass of water. 2 Cracker. 3 Lump of sugar. 

4 Coffee. 5 Cream. 6 Olives. 7 Sandwich 
8 Doughnut 9 Toothpick. 10 Napkin. 

Then serve your real refreshments, and 
then ask each guest to give a true account of 
the most foolish thing they ever did. 



EXTErvTAIlvriXG MADE EASY, 19 

For Military CincK or Whist, 

Of course the flag is the keynote of your 
decorations. If you can get large ones to 
use for portieres, so much the better. Get 
the red, white and blue crepe paper and 
make shades for all your gas globes or lamps. 
For the centerpiece of tlie table make a small 
tent, with a grass plot around it, and about 
it group soldiers — tin ones or lead. If you 
can have music, let everything be martial 
and soul-stirring. On each table place a 
glass filled with sand, in which stand pen- 
nants on which are printed the names of 
forts — Fort Sumter, Fort Donaldson, etc., — 
until all your tables are named. Mark your 
score cards with the name of the fort instead 
of by number — thus. Fort Sumter north, 
Fort Sumter south, Fort Sumter east, Fort 
Sumter west. For game markers use small 
flags, so that the one who holds the most 
flags wins the prize. At the head table tie a 
bugle instead of the regulation bell. For 
the guessing game choose "The Generals of 
the Civil War." When the refreshments are 
served place the small card tables together, 
and for lunch cloths use the ones made of 
paper napkins with the flag in the corner, 



20 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 

and, of course, have napkins to match. If 
you cannot buy these, make them out of the 
napkins sewn together; it takes one dozen 
napkins to make a lunch cloth. You will 
find that they will look very pretty and 
effective, and in most cases that to have the 
guests all together at one long table is prefer- 
able to tete-a-tete effects. 



The Alphabet Sociable. 

Provide as many pieces of bristol board 
about two inches square as you expect 
guests. With a soft brush and ink print 
letters upon these, making more vowels and 
letters that are commonly used than those 
which are used less frequently. As the 
guests enter have some one ready to pin a 
letter on each one. G-ive them paper and 
pencil, and tell them to talk to no one until 
they have formed a group that will make a 
word of more than three letters — for example, 
0-U-E,-S may talk together, but 0-U-K, may 
not. Then, by drawing an H into the circle 
a new word is formed — H-0-U-E.-S; and so 
on. The different groups are to see how 
many words they can form. 



Binker— "Mrs. PufTering claims to be a 'daughter of 
the revolution ' " 

Bunker— "Oh, yes. Her father used to run a merry-go- 
round." 



ENTERTAIISriNG MADE EASY 21 

Suburbs of Chicago 

These Questions are Answered by the name of a Suburb 
within the City Limits of Chicago 

Guessing Game No. 5 

1 A noted river in England, and a low 

place between hills. Avondaie 

2 A noted duke, and a piece of ground 

enclosed for pleasure. Argyie Park 

3 A color, and an elevation above the 

ground. Auburn Heights 

, 4 A structure for passage over a river, and 

a haven. Bridgeport 

5 A gay young lady, and a small collection 

of houses. Belleville 

6 A small stream and a harbor. 

Brookhaven 

7 A noted general during the civil war. 

Burnside 

8 An instrument used by a butcher, and a 

village. Cleaverviile 

9 A piece of charred wood and a division 

of time. Colehour 

10 A pipe of peace and an eminence. 

Calumet Park 

11 The son of a king, and a pleasure 

ground. Dauphin Park 

12 The border of a thing, and a large col- 

lection of trees. 

Edgewood 



22 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

Suburbs of Chicago, Continued 

13 The author of ''The Circuit Rider," and 

"K.OXy." Eggleston 

14 The father of algebra, and an enclosed 

piece of ground. Eudid Park 

15 An extensive wood and a valley. 

Forest Glen 

16 A barnyard fowl and a piece of land 

surrounded by water. Goose island 

17 A color, and a portion of the solid part 

of the globe. Grayland 

18 A certain breed of cattle. Hoistein 

19 The father of Democracy. 

Jefferson 

20 A kind of cloth, and a small valley. 

Lawndale 

21 A famous abbey. Melrose 

22 A bird, and a number of trees. 

Ravenswood 

23 To draw, and the proper study of man- 

kind. Pullman 

24 A large stream of water, and a low place 

between hills. Rlverdale 

25 A point of the compass, and a color. 

West Auburn 

26 A point of the compass, and a wild 

heast. South Lyons 

27 Timber, and a space of ground covered 

with grass. Woodlawn 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 23 

Flowers of all Nations. 

Guessing Game No. 4 
What Flower Makes You Think of 

1 A fortune hunter — The Marigold 

2 Of the first snow — The Snowball 

3 Of McKinley— The Carnation 

4 Of thoughts — The Pansy 

5 Of California — The Yellow Poppy 

6 Of Egypt — The Lotus 

7 Of Grermany — The Cornflower 

8 Of Jerusalem— The Rose of Sharon 

9 Of the Alps — The Edelweiss 

10 Of Holland— The Tulip 

11 Of China — Cherry Blossoms 

12 Of Japan — The Chrysanthemum 

13 Of France — The Lily 

14 Of Ireland — The Shamrock 

15 Of Scotland— The Thistle 

16 Of England— The Rose 



24 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 

GenerdLls of the Civil War. 

Guessing Game No. 7 

1 To bestow. Grant 

2 To gather cloth, and a male individual 

of the human race. Sherman 

3 A wine, and a man's name. Sheridan 

4 A dairy product, and a tract of land. 

Butterfield 

5 What the profane man did when kicked 

by the cow. Custer 

6 To consume with fire, and the edge of a 

thing. Burnside 

7 A servant whose business is to take 

charge of the liquor. Butler 

8 A kind of drink. Meade 

9 Eight furlongs. Miles 

10 The doubting apostle. Thomas 

11 A piece of unhewn timber, and an 

adjective. . Logan 

12 A calm or sheltered place. Lee 

13 To boast. Bragg 

14 A chest of drawers, and to protect. 

Bureau gard 

15 One who hooks. Hooker 

16 Not hasty, and to draw near. siocum 



ENTERTAIKIKG MADE EASY 25 

The C^Lfpenter's Tool Chest. 

Guessing Game No. 8 

The tools are hidden in the poetry, the letters appearing 
in regular order, though seldom in one word. 

The famous old painters had zeal in their art, 

They worked; 'twas no sham, mercy, no! on their part. 

Just follow these hunters up lane and down dell. 

What artist you know can paint horses so well? 

Now look at this profile — the light on the hair. 

The blush on the cheek, the complexion so rare. 

This fair ample velvet of drapery holds 

A color so deep — plum, methinks, in the folds. 

A vine-covered cottage with thatch etched so fine. 

You can see the straw edge overhanging the vine. 

The night before Christmas; the child and grandsire, 

The funny bit stockings tliat hang by the fire. 

That monarch is elegant there in his pride; 

His ebon-skinned followers stand by his side. 

You'd know him a ruler, so haughty and still, 

A Xerxes whose law leaves to no one free will. 

That worthy frau Germany claims, the dear soul, 

Surrounded by children. Now isn't she droll? 

One architect only could draw, I aver, 

A structure like this. Yes, 'tis Wren, Christopher. 

How true is the drawing, while others who brag 

Sometimes snip perspective to naught but a rag. 

And these are American miniatures; fine! 

The artists award them a place on the line. 

The child with the rabbits looks ready to speak. 

The sturdy small man with the tan on his cheek. 

This mountain's Pike's Peak, rising up to the skies. 

What wonderful coloring over it lies! 

A pompous old doctor, who surely must be 

As skilful in ails as our old Doctor Lee. 

We shook so at hearing his "Put out your tongue!" 

This boy looks as if lie'd prefer to be hung. 

This boat on the Nile is a singular sight. 

It's odd, for this crew's dressed in flowing robes white. 

I'm not hypercritical. I persevere 

In stud-y of art, and I judge without fear. 

And all disagreeing I'm letting you do. 

Opinions are free for myself or for you. 

1 Adze. 2 Hammer. 3 Plane. 4 File. 5 Level. 
6 Plummet. 7 Hatchet. 8 Wedge. 9 Bit Stock. 
10 Chisel. 11 Rule. 12. Ax. 13 Augur. 14 Wrench. 
15 Nippers. 16 Reamer. 17 Saw. 18 Bits. 19 Spike. 
20 Nails. 21 Hookb. 22 Screws. 23 Calipers. 24 Gimlet. 



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26 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

For the Fourth of July. 

Let us suppose you have a porch. 
Hang it around with Japanese lanterns, and 
in one corner have a large pail half filled 
with ice and containing some pleasing drink, 
or water; bank this around with moss and 
potted plants so it will look like a pool in a 
forest, and- hang near it a porcelain cup. 
Have plenty of cushions about and comfort- 
able chairs, with fans convenient for those 
who want them. Have a "cobweb party," 
making the web of different colored strings 
and running them in and out all over the 
porch, and even around the surrounding 
bushes. Take an ordinary firecracker, tie a 
slip of paper with the name of a guest to it, 
and have these hang about on the web. 
Each guest has such a firecracker, and at the 
end of the string have a souvenir of the 
evening. This web should be quite elab- 
orate and will take some time to untangle. 
Now have a ball of soft wool with every little 
while a firecracker tied in. Have as many of 
these "periods" as there are guests, and have 
one start a story, unwinding tiie string as ho 
tells it, until he comes to a "period." Then 
he tosses it to some one else, who continues 
the story in his turn. 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 27 

Cats Yo\i Have Met. 

Guessing Game No. 13. 

1 A dangerous cat. — Catastrophe 

2 An aspiring cat. — Catamount 

3 A cat that can swim. — Catfish 

4 A cat that can fly. — Catbird 

5 A cat that will be a butterfly. — Caterpillar 

6 A library cat. — Catalogue 

7 A cat that asks questions. — Catechism 

8 A cat's near relation. — Catkin 

9 A cat that is good to eat. — Catsup 

10 A horned cat. — Cattle 

11 A cat that throws stones. — Catapault 

12 A tree cat. — Catalpa 

13 A water cat. — Cataract 

14 A cat that flavors the grapes. — Catawba 

15 A cat that covers acres of ground. Cataclysm 

16 A subterranean cat. — Catacomb 

17 A cat that, living, appears dead. Catalepsy 

18 A cat prized as a gem. — Catseye 

19 A cat with a cold. — Catarrh 



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28 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

For Halloween. 

Word your invitations something like 
this: "On Halloween, that fateful night, 
come arrayed in sheet and pillowslip white." 
Have all the lights turned down and 
shrouded in blue cvepe paper, all the mirrors 
covered with whiting, and a few alcohol 
lamps placed about. Each guest must be 
provided with a number, to be fastened on 
their arm, and as they arrive — clothed in 
sheet and pillow slip — not a word is to be 
spoken, and everyone is to be provided with 
a card and pencils, and guess who is who. 
If the guests come from too far away to 
arrive in costume, provide a room where they 
can don their ghostly attire. After a short 
time, collect the cards and then the ' 'ghosts" 
can come to their own. Have an ' 'Art Gal- 
lery" prepared where objects represent pic- 
tures. A key and a knob are "Things to 
Adore" ; a sack of flour and a scuttle of coal 
are "Household Treasures, " etc. This should 
be in a separate room, and a half hour given 
to make up the "catalog." Have prepared a 
number of things to be distinguished by the 
sense of touch. Blhidfold all the guests, and 
have these objects passed from hand to hand. 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 29 

For instance, take a lady's fur collar, roll it 
up in a ball; a scrub brush; an old switch; 
and, worst of all, take an old kid glove, stuff 
it with bran, sew it up at the wrist, let it 
soak a day or so, and then wipe off all the 
water you can. You will need about ten of 
these objects. Have them passed rapidly 
from hand to hand and give a small prize to 
the one who guesses them all correctly. In 
the center of your table have a large golden 
pumpkin, lined with tissue paper, and con- 
taining as many English walnuts as there are 
guests. These nuts are gilded and contain a 
blank piece of paper. They are tied with 
red ribbon, with a long streamer which goes 
out to the plate of each guest. After the 
refreshments, every one is invited to draw on 
the string, and open the nut. Hold the blank 
paper over a candle, and lo — there appears 
their fortune for the coming year. Write 
these with sympathetic ink, which turns 
brown upon the application of heat. Now 
turn out the lights, and tell ghost stories, 
and uncanny experiences. 



They were discussing^ bravery. 

"Talk about risks," boasted the man in red-topped 
boots. "Why, I have been on a jury that tried western 
outlaws." 

"That is nothing," replied the quiet man; "I have 
been on a jury that decided which was the prettiest baby 
at a baby show." 



30 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

Cities. 

The following are answered by a City of the U. S. 
Guessing Game No. 10. 

1 Where all have bean. Boston 

2 The greatest engineering feat. 

Wheeling West Virginia 

3 A military defense and a Paris dress- 

maker. Fort Worth 

4 A city whose end and aim is "Go." 

Chicago 

- 5 Our board of city fathers and a precipice. 

Council Bluffs 

6 An opera encore. Sing sing 

7 Named for a king of France. st Louis 

8 A farmer who was twice dictator of 

I^Ome. Cincinnati 

9 Named for an ancient city, whose down- 

fall after a long siege avenged the 
abduction of a woman. Troy 

10 A place for lingerers. Tarrytown 

11 The father of his country. Washington 

12 A high place and what finishes a meal. 

Mt. Desert 

13 A superlative and rushing waters. 

Grand Rapids 

14 The greatest surgical feat. 

Lansing, Michigan 

15 A girl's name and a Roman garment. 

Saratoga 

16 A small stone. Little Rock 

17 The opposite of old, and a royal French 

family. New Orleans 

18 The first great evangelist. st. Paul 

19 The goddess of morning. Aurora 



EXTEP.TAIIS^ING MADE EASY 31 



Scrambied Lggs. 

Guessing Game No. 1 1 

1 Grregfesid — Fried Eggs 

2 Peperddoggs — Dropped Eggs 

3 Tongestsago — Eggs on Toast 

4 Baldgemsgrecs— Scrambled Eggs 

5 Diggedveels — Deviled Eggs 

6 Tragsgeese — Easter Eggs 

7 Regwags — Raw Eggs 

8 Gesboglied — Boiled Eggs 

9 Gingerdangs — Darning Eggs 

A Cake Wo^lk. 

Guessing Game No. 12. 

1 What kind of cake should a geologist 

eat? — Layer Cake 

2 What kind a pugilist? — Pound Cake 
8 What kind a lover?— Kisses 

4 What kind a gardener?— Fruit Cake 

5 What kind a glover? — Lady Fingers 

6 What kind one who lives on his friends? 

Sponge Cake 

7 What kind a politician? — Election Cake 

8 What kinds a jeweler? Gold and Silver Cake 

9 What kind would one have who ate all 
these? — Stomach Ache 



32 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 

Birds. 

Guessing Game No. 14 

1 What bird is a coin of the United States. 

The Eagle 
Is an awkward clown. — Jay 

Is untruthful. — Lyre 

■H^ Represents future bliss. — Paradise 

5 Is timid and shrinking. — Quail 

6 Brought fame to a poet. — Raven 

7 Is a mimic Mocking 

8 Is one of the canonical hours. — Vesper 

9 Was an early explorer. — Drake 

10 Is a stormy sea after dark. — Nightingale 

11 Is a sovereign. — King 

12 Is frozen vapor. — Snow 

13 Essential to the dress of man. — Tailor 

14 A woman's name. — Phoebe 

15 A pseudonym of contempt. — Cuckoo 

16 Is a church dignitary. — Cardinal 

17 Is frolicsome. — Lark 

18 Is a household pet. — Cat 

19 Is melancholy. — Blue 

20 Is a rascal. — Loon 

21 Is a Quaker lady Dove 

22 Is cruel. — Butcher 

23 Follows the harvest Thresher 

24 Is an iEolian harp. — Humming 

25 Is a member of the D. A. R. — Regent 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 33 

Magazmes. 

The following are answered by the name of a Popular 

Magazine. 
Guessing Qame No. 9 

1 One hundred years Century 

2 Santa Glaus. — St. Nicholas 

3 An ancient minstrel. — Harper 

4 A public place in Rome.— The Forum 

5 An early N'ew England settler. — The Puritan 

6 Veracity. — Truth 

7 One who sketches. — The Delineator 

8 A noted fairy Puck 

9 A large body of water.— The Atlantic 

10 The sailor's hoodoo.— The Black Cat 

11 A dispenser of justice Judge 

12 A prospect ^The Outlook 

13 What we all cling to Life 

14 A planet -The World 

15 A citizen of the world Cosmopolitan 

16 A show ground -The Arena 

17 A boy's jack knife — ^The Youth's Companion 

18 Part of a rope The Strand 

19 A child at night Wideawake 

20 Hash — Review of Reviews 



34 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

The Poverty Social. 

Send your invitations on brown wrap- 
ping paper, with the request that they 
sliould wear their "oldest" clothes. Your 
decorations here will consist in taking down 
all your decorations, your curtains, draperies, 
etc. , and for your mantel shelf cut a lambre- 
quin of brown paj^er. Bring out your oldest 
chairs, dig ancient furniture out of the base- 
ments and .attics, and for lights use candles, 
set in candlesticks made of turnips, bottles, 
etc. Have a large stone crock of water in 
one corner, with a tin cup hanging over it. 
After the costumes have been duly admired, 
play a few games of cards. Have a few 
guessing games — "Poets" and "Authors" 
would be good — and then pass sli].>s of blank 
paper and request a four-line piece of poetry 
containing the words "poverty" and "love." 
Take a vote as to which is the best, and 
announce a prize. Then give each guest a 
paper with a number of hap-hazard letters 
written on it — for instance, a-p-1-e-w-p-s-p-r-a, 
— and request them 'to write a telegram, 
properly addressed and signed, beginning 
each of the words with the letters in the 
order given. For instance with the letters 



ENTERTAINIIs^G MADE EASY. 35 

given above the telegram might read: "iVlice 
passed last evening with Paul. Send partic- 
ulars right awajc " Your refreshments would 
be pork and beans, with gingerbread and 
coffee. Under each napkin have a quotation 
regarding "Poverty." The following are 
samples: 

' 'A blind man is a poor man, and blind a 

poor man is, 
For the former sees no man, and the latter 

no man sees." 



' ' Whereunto is money good? 
Who has it not wants hardihood, 
Who has it has much trouble and care. 
Who once has had it has despair." 

' 'Then come the wild weather, come sleet or 

come snow, 
We will stand by each other, however it 

blow. " 



"Op)pression and sickness and sorrow and 

pain. 
Shall be to our true love like links to a chain. " 



' 'Joy, Temperence and Repose, 
Slam the door on the doctor's nose." 



' 'Then let's go back again, back to Griggsby's 

Station, 
Where we used to be so happy and so poor." 



36 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 

A Juvenile Party. 

Send out your invitations on the tiny 
stationery furnished for children, written in 
a large schoolgirl hand. Word them some- 
thing like this: "Will your mommer let You 
Come & play with Me wedsday Evenin? then 
lam 10 years old." The guests must all 
dress like ten-year-olds, or much of the fun 
is lost. After a proper length of time, to 
allow for inspecting the costumes, bring in 
large bowls of soapsuds, made with white 
castile soap and a little glycerine, and a clay 
pipe for each guest, the handles prettily tied 
with baby ribbon. Give a prize to the one 
who blows the largest bubbles, the brightest 
bubbles, and the bubbles that last the long- 
est. You might play a few games of ' ' Casino' ' 
"Old Maid" or other juvenile card games, 
and you might have a "Derby." For this 
color six eggshells, each a different color, 
and give one to your six most noisy guests, 
together with a palm leaf fan, tied with long 
streamers of ribbon to match the color of the 
egg. Let the six contestants stand in a row 
on one side of the room, and fan the egg- 
shells across the room and back to the start- 
ing point, the winner to be presented with a 
toy whip. "Bean Bag" 'would be a good 
game, and so would "Ring Toss, " (which is 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 37 

a parlor game of quoits. ) Dress up a row of 
rag dolls in the most ridiculous way you can 
think of, and tack them securely to a long 
stick, in a row. Have soft rubber balls, and 
give each guest three or five throws, depend- 
ing upon how much of a feature you wish to 
make of the game. Have all the prizes 
childish ones, and the evening one of pure 
nonsense, which, you know, is now and then, 
"enjoyed by the best of men." 



Ch)tKes. 

Guessing Game No. 15 
What kind of cloth should a 

1 Banker wear? — Check 

2 Fisherman — Net 

3 Painter— Oil cloth 

4 Hunter — Duck 

5 Politician — Canvas 

6 Newspaper man — Print 

V Landscape gardener — Lawn 

8 Dairyman — Cheese cloth 

9 Baldheaded man — Hair cloth 
10 Convict — Stripes 



Which way does the head turn on a two- 
cent postage stamp? 



38 ENTEKTAINIKG MADE EASY 

Wives. 

Guessing Game No. 16. 
What would be an appropriate name for the wife of a 

1 C'lergym^n? Mary . 

2 Doctor? Patience . 

3 Gambler? Betty 

4 Dancing master? Grace 

5 Fisherman Nettie 
,6 Gasman? Meta ' 

7 Milliner? Hattie 

8 Gardener? Flora 

9 Civil Engineer? Bridget 

10 Life Saver? Caroline 

11 Upholsterer? Sophy 

12 Pianist? Octavia 

13 Sexton? Belle- 
-14 Printer? Adalin^ 

15 Jeweler? Ruby • 

16 Baker? Patty V 

17 Poultryman? Biddy 

18 Groceryman? Olive . 

19 Florist? Rose,, 



ENTEETAINING MADE EASY 39 

Nickaames of tke States. 

Guessing Game No. 17 

A traveler started out for a walk, and 
having been in the new South, he turned 
about to visit the "Old North," although he 
had heard that the course of ' 'Empire" was 
in a different direction. Taking his "Pal- 
metto" cane, h,e bade good-by to his daugh- 
ter, ''Little Rhody," who happened to be in 
the kitchen grating a "Buckeye," which she 
thought was a "Nutmeg." She gave him a 
light repast, consisting of the wing of a 
"Blue Hen," served on a "Granite" dish. 
He left home, hurried over the bridge, on the 
"Keystone" of which he paused to call his 
"Creole" servant, who was trying to "Suck- 
er" a. "Hoosier" farm.er, who was sailing on 
..the "Bay." Then, directing his course by a 
"Lone Star," which was about to set below 
the top of a lofty "Pine Tree," he started 
for the "Old Dominion," and arrived safely. 

If you think your guests might not read- 
ily recall these names, it is a good idea to 
read the list first, to assist their memories. 

1 *'Oid North"— North Carolina. 2 * 'Empire"— New 
York. 3 ''Palmetto,"— South Carolina. 4 "Little Rhody" 
—Rhode Island 5 'Buckeye"— Ohio. 6 "Nutmeg"— 
Connecticut. 7 "Blue lien" — Delaware. 8 "Granite" — 
New Hampshire. 9 "Keystone"— Pennsylvania. 10 "Cre= 
ole" — Louisiana. 11 "Sucker" (succor)— II inois. 12 
"Hoosier" — Indiana. 13 "Bay" — Massachusetts. 14 "Lone 
Star"— Texas. 15 "Pine Tree"— Maine. 16 "Old Domin- 
ion" — Virginia. 



40 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

A LibraLfy Party. 

With each invitation give a small card 
bearing the name of a book, with the request 
that the receiver should in some way repre- 
sent it. Following is a list of suitable books : 

1 Black Rock 14 Seven Oaks 

2 The Spotted Bird 15 Two Arrows 

3 The Lig-ht that Failed 16 Rose in Bloom 

4 The Lamplighters 17 Far Above Rubies 

5 Uncle Tom's Cabin 18 Prue and I 

6 As in a Looking Glass 19 Five Little Peppers 

7 Lucile 20 Soldiers Three 

8 Mine Own People 21 D'ri and I 

9 Redgauntlet 22 All Aboard 

10 The Sketch Book ' 23 We Two 

11 Houseboat on the Styx 24 The Four Georges 

12 A Lady of Quality 25 Dreams 

13 Face to Face 26 Three Men in a Boat 

Provide each guest with a card and pen- 
cil, and have them guess "who is what." A 
small picture of an author would be a suit- 
able prize. In connection with this have the 
guessing games of ' 'Poets and Authors, " and 
"A Romance of the Book Shelves." 



I5he Tin Wedding. 

Go to a tinner, and secure pieces of tin 
the shape of a postal card, and paste your 
invitations on these. Make a number of jar- 
denaires for your flowers by taking a pair of 
tinners' shears, and cutting tin cans into 
fancy shapes. For the flowers, make them 



EKTEETAINING MADE EASY 41 

out of silver paper, and attach them to bright 
pieces of wire. You can have a large quan- 
tity of these flowers, and will find them very 
attractive by gaslight. A string of morning 
glories made, leaves and all, of silver paper, 
would be very pretty trailing over your lace 
curtains, picture frames, etc. A choice col- 
lection of tin cans, fantastically cut and 
twisted, will hold your fruit, and form the 
centerpiece, from which a train of round 
disks, about the size of a quarter, overlapping 
each other like fish scales, lead to each plate, 
terminating in a tin box, which contains 
either a souvenir or bonbons. Have every 
dish on the table of tin, even the plates. All 
the games you have call for tin prizes. Have 
a shooting target covered with silver paper, 
marked off in rings, each ring to score a cer- 
tain number. Provide each guest with a tin 
blow pipe, gayly decorated with long rib- 
bons, and let each have three "blows", the 
one with the highest score winning a prize. 



Bhe Wooden Wedding. 

Write the invitations on birch bark, or 
the paper made in imitation of it, and send 
them out in little round wooden boxes. Have 
your home as near like a woodland scene as 
possible, with boughs, potted palms and ole- 



42 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

anders. Perhaps yon can get real vines from 
the woods. There are a nnmber of things 
yon can do with shavings from a carpenters' 
shop, in the way of picture drapes, etc. For 
your table build a tiny saw mill, with bits of 
mirror for water and a little birch canoe. 
Pile moss around it, and around the edge lay 
ferns. Use wooden dishes as much as possi- 
ble, and at each place have a small wooden 
box, containing a number of short stories 
and anecdotes, that you have saved from 
time to time. After the refreshments, let 
these be opened and read. 



l5/)e Golden Wedding. 

Your invitations, will be printed in gold, 
and the yellow chrysanthemum will be your 
flower. Use it lavishly, and if you cannot 
get the real ones you can make really beau- 
tiful ones of paper. If you can get a large 
pumpkin, cut in basket shape, line it with 
yellow paper, and use it for fruit. Have a 
row of chrysanthemums around the base of 
the pumpkin, and a large fluffy one at each 
plate. Let the refreshments be as yellow as 
possible, lemon or pumpkin pie, gold cake, 
and if you serve ice cream, let it be molded 
in the form of an orange. If possible, have 
gold banded dishes. 



ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 43 

A RomaLnce of the Bookshelves. 

Guessing Game No. 18 

In the prepared slips the spaces occupied by the names of 
the books are ieft blank. 

1 The girl and heroine, my friends, 
Was known as Alice of Old Vincennes. 

2 She lived when Indians were in power. 
And not When Knighthood was in Flower. 

3 And in those past times, quaint and olden, 
She fell in love with Eben Holden. 

4 Then, when her friends began to marvel, 
A rival came named Richard Carvel. 

5 To gossips, that was the best of spices, 
But it didn't take long to pass The Crisis. 

6 Her friendship, alas! could be bought and sold, 
So Eben won her with A Pot of Gold. 

7 In honeymoons they took no stock, 

So they quietly settled near Black Rock. 

8 They went for a drive on every bright day, 
xlnd claimed for themselves The Right of Way. 

9 Together they shared many a laugh and a sigh, 
And the best of their friends were D'ri and I. 

10 When trouble arose they did not tarry, 

But went to consult The Man from Glengarry. 

11 A friend whose graces did them entrance, 
Was the sweet and gracious Lily of France. 

12 And one tiiey always enjoyed being with. 
Was that charming maid, Janice Meredith. 

13 Horse swapping tales— he loved to share 'em, 
With these two friends, did David Harum. 

14 A friend surrounded by many a snare. 

Was the gallant gentleman. Monsieur Beaucaire. 

15 To a charming hero they oft did refer, 
The one loved by all, the noble Ben Hur. 

16 And opposite to them, across the park, 

Lived that winsome girl, Beverly of Graustark. 

17 Her best friend was that lady of good repute. 
Known to us as The Ward of King Canute. 



44 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 

Actors. 

Guessing Game No. 19. 

1 Belonging to a male individual of the 

human race, and a tract of land. 

Mansfield 

2 A thing woven, and to make a mistake. 

Weber 

3 A piece of enclosed land. Field 

4 One who removes the hide. sicinner 

5 A rock. stone 

6 To take away by force, and a male de- 

scendant. Robson 

7 To chop. Hackett 

8 A kind of cloak. Manteii 

9 A temporary shelter of light construction. 

Booth 

10 To make a rattling noise. Russell 

11 A machine for raising heavy weights. 

Crane 

12 Part of a mill. Hopper 

13 A digger of coal. Collier 

14 Excellent, and to succeed. Goodwin 

15 A person under a guardian. warde 

16 A kindness shown, and to deceive. 

Faversham 
LoiC, 



ENTERTAII^ING MADE EASY. 45 

Poets ai\d Authors. 

Guessing Game No 20. 

1 Very fast indeed. — Swift 

2 Worn on the head. — Hood 

3 Belongs to a monastery. — Abbott 

4 A dismal color. — Gray 

5 Frozen rain. — Hale 

6 Private dwellings. — Holmes 

7 Not far distant. — Nye 
9 Well learned. — Thoreau 

10 A breakfast dish. — Bacon 

11 The value of a word. — Wordsworth 

12 A worker in precious metal. — Goldsmith 

13 Small talk and large weight. — Chatterton 

14 A young domestic animal. — Lamb 

16 A slang expression. — Dickens 

17 A fuel and a chain of hills. — Coleridge 

18 The jolly author. — Merriman 

19 The weary author. — Haggard 

20 The married author. — Mark Twain 

21 The single author. — Bacheller 

22 The uncertain author. — Mabie 

23 The inspiring author. — Hope 

24 The keen author. — Sharp 

25 The brutal author. — Savage 

26 Bad to have on the feet. — Bunyon 

27 The result of curling irons Burns 



46 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 

A Letter from Sh^Lkespeare. 

Guessing Game No. 21 

Dear Friend — In answer to your inquiry 
regarding that violent Scotchman, Macbeth, 
who made Much Ado About Nothing when bumped 
into by x^oor old King Lear, I may say that he 
was properly chastised by those worthy fel- 
lows, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, who had been 
spending Twelfth Night with romantic Romeo and 
Juliet, and were returning home in company 
with General Julius Caesar and Prince Hamlet. 

Indeed, the whole party attacked the 
Scot, and The Tempest of blows rained upon 
him was no pleasant Midsummer Night's Dream. 
He was soon forced to flee for his life to the 
home of that scoundrelly swindler, The Merchant 
of Venice, who had been entertaining those 
giddy damsels, The Merry Wives of Windsor, with 
accounts of The Taming of the Shrew, his daughter. 

As to those ancient gentlemen, Coriolanus 
and Timon of Athens, T am glad to report that 
they agree to send you the Grrecian pamphlet 
you admired, and. As You Like It, their gift 
should please you exceedingly. I am sorry 
I was unable to give you this information 
before, but All's Well that^Ends Well. 



ENTERTAINIIS^G MADE EASY. 47 

The Wedding of the Operas. 

Guessing Game No. 22 

1 Who were the bride and groom? 

Romeo and Juliet 

2 What was the bride called — from the 

circumstances of her wedding? 

The Runaway Gir! 

3 At what sort of a party did they meet? 

The Masked Ball 

4 He went as a minstrel. What was he 

called? Trovatore 

5 She went as an Austrian peasant. 

The Bohemian Girl 

6 At the wedding what Spanish girl was 

maid of honor? Carmen 

7 What noted Swiss was best man? 

William Tell 

8 What two ladies were bridesmaids? 

Lucia di Lammermoor and Linda di Chamouni 

9 What four Germans were the ushers? 

Lohengrin, Faust, Tannhauser and Siegfried 

10 Who sang at the ceremony? 

The Meistersinger 

11 What noted person from Japan was 

present? The Mikado 

12 What were the wedding bells called? 

The Chimes of Normandy 

13 What ship did they take for their wed- 

ding trip? H. M. S. Pinafore 

14 When on the voyage who captured them? 

The Pirates of Penzance 

15 What virtue sustained them in captivity? 

Patience 

16 What dark complexioned gentleman 

rescued them? otheiio 



48 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 

A Romance in Song. 

Guessing Game No. 23 

1 What was the hero's name? Robin Adair 

2 Where was he born? On the Banks o' Doon 

3 The name of his sweetheart? 

Sweet Rosie 0' Grady 

4 Where was she born? 

On the Banks of the Wabash 

5 At what time of day did they meet? 

Just as the Sun Went Down 

6 How was her hair dressed? 

Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back 

7 She was Irish; what was her grand- 

father's name? McGinty 

8 Where is the old gentleman now? 

Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep 

9 What flower did he offer her? 

The Last Rose of Summer 

10 When did he propose to her? 

After the Ball 

11 What did he say to her? o, Promise Me 

12 What was her reply? 

rd Leave My Happy Home for You 

13 On what day were they married? 

On St. Patrick's Day in the Morning 

14 The best man was an army officer. 

Captain Jenks of the Horse Marines 

15 Who performed the ceremony? 

Friar Bold in Order Gray 

16 In what church was the marriage? 

The Little Brown Church in the Dale 

17 On^what did they take their wedding 

trip? On a Bicycle Built for Two 



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